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a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975" (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
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Description: Containment means the prevention of the spread of organisms outside the facilities which may be achieved by physical containment (the use of good work practices, equipment and installation design) and/or biological containment (the use of organisms which have reduced ability to survive or reproduce in the environment). ...
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means the confinement of radioactive waste within a designated boundary.
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Any of various types of barriers which in the event of a spill, can prevent spilled materials from reaching the environment. Back to top
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a container, vessel, barrier, or structure; whether natural or constructed; that confines a substance within a defined boundary.
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